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Home » Sound travels through water 5 times faster than through air.
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Sound travels through water 5 times faster than through air.

October 11, 2007
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Water is a more dense medium than air ...

This is because water is a more dense medium than air. Thus the sound vibrations pass quicker between the closer-knit particles.

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